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Arminianism:
The Road to Rome by Augustus Toplady (Reformation History Notes #1)
Godless
Public Education & Sin by Reg Barrow
International
Covenanted Reformation or Schism? (A Reply to Doug Wilson) by
Reg Barrow
The Necessity
of Reforming the Church (1543) by John Calvin
Forgotten Hero:
The Autobiography of David Steele by Michael Wagner (1998)
The
Covenanted Reformation Defended Against Contemporary Schismatics: A
Response and Antidote Primarily to the Neopresbyterian Malignancy and
Misrepresentations, and the Manufactured "Steelite" Controversy,
Found in Richard Bacon's A Defense Departed; With a Refutation of Bacon's
Independency, Popery, Arminianism, Anabaptism and Various Other Heresies
(Including an Exhibition of His Opposition to Scripture and the Covenanted
Reformation, in General; and His Opposition to John Calvin, John Knox, the
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland [Especially 1638-1649], Samuel
Rutherford, George Gillespie, the Testimony of the Covenanter Martyrs, the
Reformed Presbytery, the Puritan Reformed Church of Edmonton and a Host of
Other Prominent Reformers from Past Generations, in Particular) -- With Copious
Notes on Mr. Bacon's Backsliding and His Blackening of the Blue Banner; as Well
as Various Replies to Other Modern Malignants by Greg Barrow (Greg Price, Reg
Barrow, Larry Birger, et al.) (Though set
in the context of a debate with one individual, this book addresses a number of
specific problems which plague the Presbyterian and Reformed churches of our
day in general. "It conclusively and irrefutably demonstrates that those
churches which today call themselves Presbyterian [and even many which claim a
more general Reformed heritage] have grievously departed from the Scriptural
standards and principles of the previous Spirit led Reformations [of the 16th and
17th centuries]. This will become progressively [and painfully] clear as the
reader witnesses evidence upon evidence of defection from biblically based
Reformation attainments (Phil. 3:16) -- and the burying and/or removing of the
ancient Reformation landmarks. Ultimately, when the testimony and evidence
[presented in this book] is weighed in light of Scriptural verities, it is
entirely safe to say that the original Reformers would not only have sought
negative ecclesiastical sanctions against our modern pseudo-Reformers, but in
many cases negative civil sanctions as well," writes Reg Barrow in the
"Publisher's Preface." This book, of over 300 [8.5" X 11"]
pages, is also offered as a cerlox bound photocopy [$14.98 US funds] or a
Hardcover photocopy [$25.00 US funds].)
Pornography, the
Anabaptists, and Doug Wilson's Civil Antinomianism (1997) by
Reg Barrow (Pointed but irenic, Barrow
decisively refutes the view of Doug Wilson (cf. "Cyberporn: A Case
Study" [Credenda/Agenda, vol. 7, no. 5, p. 11]), many modern
Theonomists and the civil libertarians, that the production and distribution of
pornography is not a crime (and thus not subject to negative penal sanctions by
the civil magistrate). Barrow demonstrates that Wilson's view of civil
government (which logically results in such a monstrous conclusion) is actually
a overly strict view of the regulative principle. This
"hyper-regulativism" (denying lawful inferences, or what Samuel Rutherford
calls "logical consequence") is then wrongly applied to the civil
magistrate, rather than to worship (when rightly interpreted). He also points
out the link between Wilson's view and the principles of the Anabaptists,
Libertines and other antiestablishmentarian forces. With an impressive array of
historical citations (primarily John Calvin, George Gillespie, Samuel
Rutherford, and the Westminster Confession of Faith), and a cogent analysis and
application of relevant Scripture passages, Barrow shows clearly that Wilson's
view of civil government "gives birth to illegitimate offspring in the
case of pornography, contradicting as it does common sense (the light of
nature), our reformed fathers in the faith, and the express commands and approved
examples of Scripture. In short, it is anything but the 'classical Protestant'
position, and anything but biblical." Expressing his belief that many hold
to this erroneous notion of the magistrate out of ignorance, he concludes his
essay with a heartfelt call to his modern Theonomic brethren (and others) to study the reformation source
documents now available (and adopt the historic Theonomy of the
Reformation). He also provides a brief
list of questions that readily manifest the socially destructive outworkings of
Wilson's teaching. This is a much-needed treatment of a topic neglected for far
too long. Barrow's valuable contribution is an excellent introduction to the historical
theonomy of the Westminster divines and is
sure to prime the reader for much productive study of the view of civil
government "once delivered unto the saints" (Jude 3). This item is
also available as a bound photocopy for $1.99 [US funds]) and is appendix
"B" excerpted from Saul in the Cave
of Adullam: A Testimony Against the Fashionable Sub-Calvinism of Doug Wilson
(Editor of Credenda/Agenda Magazine; and, For Classical Protestantism
and the Attainments of the Second Reformation.
Terms of
Ministerial and Christian Communion in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and In
Our Day, In the Puritan Reformed Church; With Explanatory Dialogue (Including
"The Biblical and Logical Necessity of Uninspired Creeds")
by Larry Birger (This delightful dialogue,
between Hans (a paleopresbyterian) and Franz (a neo-turned-paleopresbyterian),
deals (in a very clear, easy-to-understand way) with a number of the more
controversial and misunderstood teachings adopted by the Puritan Reformed
Church of Edmotnon and promoted by SWRB in their return to the biblical
attainments of the Second, or Covenanted Reformation on the British Isles. The
conversation begins with "The Biblical and Logical Necessity of Uninspired
Creeds", where Hans shows Franz that Franz's rejection of uninspired
creeds is itself an uninspired creed. After several months of study Franz is
now interested in joining Hans' Covenanter church, but has been confused and
unsettled by the charges of his friend (a member of the RPCNA). This RPCNA
friend alleges that Hans' church is a continuation of the "schism" of
the "Steelites", and that they are "basically Papists, putting uninspired
works on a par with the Bible and then abusing (their) church authority by
requiring faith in the church, rather than in the word of God." Hans then
goes through and explains pertinent aspects of each term of communion,
demonstrating that the RPCNA friend's charges and objections are entirely
inaccurate, vindicating in the process precious and vital truths of the
Reformation. This easy-reading and mild-mannered dialogue includes an index of
topics discussed and objections raised, and is an excellent
introduction to the true Covenanter position (i.e. the position of the
Westminster Assembly and the Church of Scotland during the Second Reformation). See also Birger's powerful testimony against the
PCA, Why the PCA
is Not a Duly Constituted Church and Why Faithful Christians Should Separate
from this Corrupted "Communion", and Reg Barrow's thorough
expose and refutation of Doug Wilson's many dangerous doctrines [including an
answer to charges of Anabaptism, a critique of Wilson's and many modern
Theonomists' false and anti-reformational view of civil government as it
expresses itself on the issue of pornography, an essay on Calvin's and the
Westminster Confession's views of the visible church, and more!] in Saul in the Cave of
Adullam: A Testimony Against the Fashionable Sub-Calvinism of Doug Wilson
[Editor of Credenda/Agenda Magazine]; and, for Classical
Protestantism and the Attainments of the Second Reformation.
Saul in the Cave
of Adullam: A Testimony Against the Fashionable Sub-Calvinism of Doug Wilson
(Editor of Credenda/Agenda Magazine); and, for Classical
Protestantism and the Attainments of the Second Reformation by Reg
Barrow
Doug Wilson and others at Credenda/Agenda used their magazine to
publicly attack and slander Reg Barrow (President of Still Waters Revival
Books) in a column that they call the "Cave of Adullam." This
invective was Credenda's response to
Barrow's comments on Knox Ring (where Barrow noted that John Calvin would have
excommunicated John Frame for the apostasy that he manifests in his new book on
worship). Numerous private attempts were unsuccessfully made (by Barrow and
others) to call Wilson to repentance for this slander. Ultimately, charges for
violation of the ninth commandment were brought (in accord with Matt. 18:15-17)
against Wilson by Barrow. This book recounts the salient points of the
controversy (and the Matthew 18 proceedings) between Wilson and Barrow -- in
their actual email debates! Also included is Barrow's demonstration of why
Calvin would have excommunicated Frame and Greg Price's Testimony
Against The Unfounded Charges of Anabaptism.
These debates are a classic example of the differences that exist today
between paleopresbyterians (Barrow) and neopresbyterians (Wilson). Wilson's
charges against Barrow, of Anabaptism, separatism, etc. are all refuted under a
mountain of quotations from Reformation source documents. Barrow's refutations
of Wilson's spurious charges bring to light many aspects of Reformation thought
that have been lost or forgotten in our day. Besides the initial controversy
(over Frame and worship) and the restoration process (set forth in Matthew
18:15-17), this book should be of special interest to all of those who love the
"old paths" of truth -- trod by our forefathers in the Reformed faith
-- for some of the most pressing issues of our day (regarding the individual,
church and state) are addressed herein. Classic statements, cited by Barrow,
not only exhibit the wisdom which God granted the best Reformers of both the
first and second Reformations, but also specifically demonstrate how Wilson and
many other modern Protestants actually reject the Reformation at many points
(all their protests not withstanding). "And they that shall be of thee
shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many
generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer
of paths to dwell in" (Isa. 58:12). This item is also available as a bound
photocopy for $3.98 (US funds).
FREE PDF FILE: Saul in the Cave: A Debate between Doug Wilson and Reg
Barrow on Worship, Church Government, etc.
The Geneva
Bible, Psalmody and More Credenda/Agenda Inaccuracies Answered
by Larry Birger
A Testimony
Against the Unfounded Charges of Anabaptism (1997) by Greg
Price (This book teaches us that
"[t]he heresy of Anabaptism lives today! It has infected the modern church
with its cancerous errors and heresies: anti-creedalism, arminianism,
dispensationalism, independency [sectarianism], anti-paedobaptism, will-worship
[anti-regulativism], perfectionism, societal escapism, religious pluralism and
tolerationism [anti-establishmentarianism], denial of the perpetual obligation
of social covenanting, pacifism, pietism, socialism, premillennialism, and a
refusal to recognize *lawful* civil government as the ordinance of God. These
unbiblical positions of the Anabaptists were not tolerated by the Reformed
Churches of the First and Second Reformations, and neither should they be
tolerated by any Church today that claims to be Reformed or Presbyterian"
[Greg Price]. Far to little contemporary Reformed writing has been directed
against the Anabaptists, especially in light of the fact that many of their
heresies have been generally adopted by professing Christians. Even the
"Reformed" community suffers from this contagion. Lord willing, this
book with be an effective antidote to the "AIDS" of Anabaptist
thought and practice. This item is also available as a bound photocopy for
$4.49 [US funds])
Bacon Bits:
Richard Bacon's Straw Man "Steelite Controversy" Torched By Faithful
Covenanters (Sometimes Called Cameronians, Steelites, etc.)
by Greg Price, Larry Birger, et al. (These
short "Bacon Bits" are not meant to be a full response to the
sectarians in Rowlett (who oppose the Covenanted Reformation and uniformity
found in the public subordinate standards and covenants emitted and upheld by
the Westminster Divines -- all which are agreeable to and based upon the alone
infallible standard, the Word of God). A full length response is being
prepared, to Dick Bacon's Defense Departed, by Greg Barrow and
will be released in the near future (D.V.). These "Bacon Bits" merely
cover some of the more obvious blunders, poor scholarship and
misrepresentations of Bacon, one of the chief malignants of our day. It may
also be interesting for the reader to note that though we had to be informed of
Bacon's attack upon our positions through a third party (as Bacon never had the
courage to send his attack on us to us directly), we have always responded directly
to Bacon or alerted him to any new responses by us when they were made
available. Dick Bacon has not contacted us directly in response to any of what
follows, nor has he responded to The Covenanted
Reformation Defended Against Contemporary Schismatics:, which was
released a number of years ago, though it is a public rebuke to his
unfaithfulness and confusion.)
The
Declaration of Repudiation: A Public Testimony Against Modern North American
Evangelicalism by Michael Wagner
(Wagner shows how modern Evangelicals have been swallowed up by the beast
[civilly and ecclesiastically -- and especially in regard to doctrine] in that
they now deny the most important biblical attainments of the Protestant
Reformation. Arminianism [the decisionalistic free-will heresy] and man-made
innovations in worship are rampant. If the Reformers were around today they
would testify, as Wagner does, against modern evangelicalism -- in that the
modern evangelicals have adopted more of the basic tenets of Rome than of the
Reformation. "[T]he Scriptural theological attainments of the Reformation
have been abandoned by modern North American Evangelicalism; and to make
matters worse, an unscriptural disdain for doctrine has immunized many
evangelicals from a recovery of Reformation truth," states Wagner. This
article seeks to repudiate and remedy the deformation of evangelicalism.)
Making
Shipwreck of the Faith: Evangelicals and Roman Catholics Together
by Kevin Reed
Worship: The
Regulative Principle of Worship in History by Reg Barrow
Psalm Singing
in Scripture & History by Reg Barrow
Why the PCA is
Not a Duly Constituted Church and Why Faithful Christians Should Separate from
this Corrupted "Communion" by Larry Birger (Two letters from Larry Birger, Jr. to the session
of his former congregation in the PCA, with an historical introduction. Birger
states, "This work is emitted by way of testimony against the defections
from the reformation of the true religion granted by God in ages past, in hopes
of playing some small part in the edification of God's people currently
languishing under such defected and defecting denominations." It
spotlights the differences between classic Presbyterian thought [paleopresbyterianism]
and what today is but a pale imitation [neopresbyterianism] of the Reformation
attainments that have been won [at the cost of much suffering and many lives]
in the past. This is a good practical introduction to ecclesiology,
testimony-bearing, and second Reformation thought.)
Paleopresbyterianism
Versus Neopresbyterianism by Michael Wagner (Explains the two main differences between the
"paleo" or old Presbyterians [like the Scottish Covenanters] and the
"neo" or new Presbyterians [like those found in the modern PCA, OPC,
etc.])
Proof That the
Church is Often Obscured by Francis Turretin (Proves from Scripture that, throughout much of
history, the church [visible and constitutional], is often found only in a very
small remnant.)
Presbyterian
Worship: Old and New by Kevin Reed (A Review and Commentary upon Worship in Spirit and Truth,
a book by John Frame [Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian and Reformed Pub.
Co.,1996; paper, 171 pages]. Reed shows how Frame has abandoned the
Reformation, both scripturally and confessionally, in regard to worship. He also
gives an excellent summary of historic Reformed views and then contrasts them
with the novel ideas now being touted by Frame. In light of the fact that Frame
teaches at a Presbyterian seminary and is also a Presbyterian pastor (in the
P.C.A.), Reed notes the "distressing implications regarding the
disingenuous nature of confessional subscription within both the churches and
the seminaries." Moreover, Reed comments that "there are also
troubling ramifications concerning the doctrine of scripture, since the
regulative principle rests upon the foundation of the sufficiency of scripture,
with respect to worship." He continues by concluding that "Frame's
book furnishes patent evidence that ecclesiastical discipline is lacking in the
churches, and that seminary professors can teach heterodox views with impunity.
If Presbyterians took their creed seriously, Mr. Frame would be removed from
both the seminary and the pastorate, and not allowed to teach. But in the
current situation, the majority of pastors, seminarians, and the people are
partners in the crimes of corrupt worship and confessional laxity. 'A wonderful
and horrible thing is committed in the land; the prophets prophesy falsely, and
the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so.'")
A Letter of
Clarification, 27 October 1997 by Kevin Reed (Another response to the misrepresentations [this
time regarding Kevin Reed's "Testimony Against Prominent Errors"]
promoted by Richard Bacon and the those who follow him.)
Doug Wilson's
Five Questions on the Regulative Principle of Worship Answered
by Reg Barrow
(Barrow answers five questions that Wilson has been repeating in opposition to
the classic, creedal, Presbyterian and Reformed understanding of the regulative
principle of worship. Excerpted from: Saul in the Cave of
Adullam: A Testimony Against the Fashionable Sub-Calvinism of Doug Wilson
(Editor of Credenda/Agenda Magazine);
and, for Classical Protestantism and the Attainments of the Second Reformation.)
Would John
Calvin Excommunicate John Frame? by Reg Barrow
(In this short letter Reg Barrow replies to an inquirer [on Knox Ring] asking
for comments concerning John Frame's claim [in his book on worship] that the
traditional Puritan view of the regulative principle is a "minimalist"
view of worship. Also noted in the this post was James Jordan's assertion that
the classic view of the regulative principle is sectarian. Barrow, in the short
space allotted on KR, begins to demonstrate how both Frame and Jordan have
apostatized and would have been rejected by the Presbyterian and Reformed wing
of the Reformation.)
Debate on the US
Constitution Andrew Sandlin Versus Reg Barrow (The following debate on the US Constitution,
between Andrew Sandlin [editor of the Chalcedon Report] and Reg
Barrow [President of Still Waters Revival Books], took place on the Knox Ring
email discussion group in January of 1997.)
Calvin, Close
Communion and the Coming Reformation (a book review of Alexander and
Rufus... by John Anderson [1862])
by Reg Barrow (Shows how Calvin practiced close communion and how the biblical
view of this ordinance is intended to purify the individual, church and state.
Refutes the Popish and paedocommunion heresies [regarding this sacrament], as
well as all views of open communion. Also argues that Arminians,
anti-paedobaptists, anti-regulativists, and all those who openly violate the
law of God [and are unrepentant] should be barred from the Lord's table -- as a
corrective measure ordained of God for their recovery.)
A Testimony
Against the Prominent Errors of Our Times Adullam Presbyterian
Church (Kevin Reed and others produced
this testimony in June [1990]. It is directed at many specific areas of
corruption found in the PCA.)
An Open Letter
to an RPCNA Elder by Jim Dodson (Summarizes the points of defection from covenanted attainments in the
modern RPCNA. Also deals with church issues, schism and separation, worship,
covenanting, and much more.)
Dodson
Versus the RPCNA -- concerning his "Open Letter to an RPCNA Elder"
above by Jim Dodson
(Continues where the above letter left off. Adds some more specific charges.)
A Warning
Against the False and Dangerous Views of James Jordan Concerning Worship: A
Book Review of Kevin Reed's Canterbury Tales by Reg
Barrow
The Canterbury
Tales by Kevin Reed
(Refutes James Jordan and others who reject the regulative principle of
worship.)
A Contemporary
Covenanting Debate; Or, Covenanting Redivivus by Reg Barrow (